Biology:Yunnanilus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Yunnanilus
Yunnanilus cruciatus.jpg
Yunnanilus cruciatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Yunnanilus
Nichols, 1925
Type species
Nemacheilus pleurotaenia
Regan, 1904

Yunnanilus is a genus of small stone loaches that are endemic to southeastern China, especially Guangxi and Yunnan. They are found in rivers, streams and lakes; some species are restricted to caves.[1]

Species

There are currently 35 recognized species in this genus,[2] although other authorities cite fewer species and place a few other species formerly placed here into other genera such as Petruichthys and Micronemacheilus.[3]

References

  1. Ma, L.; and Y.-H. Zhao (2012). Cavefish of China. Pp. 107—125 in: White, W.B.; and D.C. Cuvier, editors. Encyclopedia of Caves. Elsevier. ISBN:9780123838322
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Yunnanilus in FishBase. October 2017 version.
  3. Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 26: 1–199. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2017/06/Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf. 
  4. Lan, J., Gan, X., Wu, T. & Yang, J. (2013): Cave Fishes of Guangxi, China. Science Press, Beijing. 1-266.
  5. Jiang, Wan-Sheng; Zhao, Ya-Peng; Du, Li-Na; Wang, Mo (2021-03-18). "Yunnanilus chuanheensis, a new loach species (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from the upper Lixianjiang River in Yunnan, China" (in en). Zoological Research 42 (2): 241–245. doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.287. ISSN 2095-8137. PMID 33527801. PMC 7995267. http://www.zoores.ac.cn/en/article/doi/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.287. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Du, L.-N., Lu, Y.-F. & Chen, X.-Y. (2015): Yunnanilus qujinensis, a new species of loach from Yunnan, southwest China (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 26 (3): 249-254.
  7. Chen, Z., Yang, J. & Yang, J. (2012): Description of a new species of the genus Yunnanilus Nichols, 1925 (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Yunnan, China. Zootaxa, 3269: 57–64.

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